Faden
German
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German fadum, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *faþmaz (“embrace”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
Faden m (genitive Fadens, plural Fäden or Faden, diminutive Fädchen n)
Usage notes
- The plural Fäden and diminutive Fädchen are for the sense of "yarn, thread."
- The plural Faden is for the sense of "fathom."
Declension
Derived terms
- Bindfaden
- den Faden verlieren
- Fadenabstand
- Fadenalge
- Fadenbakterie
- Fadendicke
- Fadenende
- fadenförmig
- Fadenkreuz
- Fadenlänge
- Fadennudel
- Fadenriss
- fadenscheinig
- Fadenwurm
- Glühfaden
- Goldfaden
- Haarfaden
- Hanffaden
- Kohlefaden
- Kunstfaserfaden
- Kunststofffaden
- Lebensfaden
- Leinenfaden
- Leitfaden
- Nylonfaden
- Perlonfaden
- roter Faden
- Seidenfaden
- Silberfaden
- Spinnfaden
- Webfaden
- Wollfaden
- Zwirnsfaden
Descendants
- Esperanto: fadeno